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Coho Salmon
Animalia Salmonidae

Coho Salmon

Oncorhynchus kisutch (Walbaum, 1792)

Oncorhynchus kisutch, coho salmon, is a Pacific salmon species with distinct lif…

Chinook Salmon
Animalia Salmonidae

Chinook Salmon

Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (Walbaum, 1792)

Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, the Chinook salmon, is the largest Pacific salmon with…

Coastal Cutthroat Trout
Animalia Salmonidae

Coastal Cutthroat Trout

Oncorhynchus clarkii (Richardson, 1836)

Cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii) are a variable North Pacific trout native…

Golden Trout
Animalia Salmonidae

Golden Trout

Oncorhynchus aguabonita (Jordan, 1892)

Oncorhynchus aguabonita, the golden trout, is a distinct California-native trout…

Sockeye Salmon
Animalia Salmonidae

Sockeye Salmon

Oncorhynchus nerka (Walbaum, 1792)

Oncorhynchus nerka, the sockeye salmon, is a Pacific salmon with distinct color …

Pink Salmon
Animalia Salmonidae

Pink Salmon

Oncorhynchus gorbuscha (Walbaum, 1792)

Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, or pink salmon, is a widespread cold Pacific salmon harv…

Chum Salmon
Animalia Salmonidae

Chum Salmon

Oncorhynchus keta (Walbaum, 1792)

Oncorhynchus keta, the chum salmon, is a widely distributed Pacific salmon with …

Cherry Salmon
Animalia Salmonidae

Cherry Salmon

Oncorhynchus masou (Brevoort, 1856)

Oncorhynchus masou, the masu salmon, is a North Pacific salmonid found along Eas…

Lahontan Cutthroat Trout
Animalia Salmonidae

Lahontan Cutthroat Trout

Oncorhynchus henshawi (Gill & Jordan, 1878)

Oncorhynchus henshawi (Lahontan cutthroat trout) is a large freshwater trout nat…

Rocky Mountain Cutthroat Trout
Animalia Salmonidae

Rocky Mountain Cutthroat Trout

Oncorhynchus virginalis (Girard, 1856)

Oncorhynchus virginalis, the Rocky Mountain cutthroat trout, is a variable nativ…

Brook Trout
Animalia Salmonidae

Brook Trout

Salvelinus fontinalis (Mitchill, 1814)

This is a detailed description of the brook trout Salvelinus fontinalis, coverin…

Dolly Varden
Animalia Salmonidae

Dolly Varden

Salvelinus malma (Walbaum, 1792)

Salvelinus malma (Dolly Varden trout) is a fish found in North Pacific coastal w…

Arctic Char
Animalia Salmonidae

Arctic Char

Salvelinus alpinus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus) is a circumpolar salmonid fish, the northernmos…

Bull Trout
Animalia Salmonidae

Bull Trout

Salvelinus confluentus (Suckley, 1859)

Salvelinus confluentus, the bull trout, is a large char species native to cold N…

Lake Trout
Animalia Salmonidae

Lake Trout

Salvelinus namaycush (Walbaum, 1792)

This is a description of the physical traits, size variation, and native and int…

Arctic Grayling
Animalia Salmonidae

Arctic Grayling

Thymallus arcticus (Pallas, 1776)

Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus) is a cold-water fish with distinct physical…

European Grayling
Animalia Salmonidae

European Grayling

Thymallus thymallus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Thymallus thymallus, the European grayling, is a freshwater fish that is economi…

Cisco
Animalia Salmonidae

Cisco

Coregonus artedi Lesueur, 1818

Coregonus artedi (cisco) is a debated North American freshwater whitefish, defin…

Lake Whitefish
Animalia Salmonidae

Lake Whitefish

Coregonus clupeaformis (Mitchill, 1818)

Coregonus clupeaformis, the lake whitefish, is a cool-water North American salmo…

Round Whitefish
Animalia Salmonidae

Round Whitefish

Prosopium cylindraceum (Pennant, 1784)

Prosopium cylindraceum, the round whitefish, is a cold-water salmonid found acro…

Mountain Whitefish
Animalia Salmonidae

Mountain Whitefish

Prosopium williamsoni (Girard, 1856)

Prosopium williamsoni, the mountain whitefish, is a salmonid fish native to cold…

Alaska Blackfish
Animalia Umbridae

Alaska Blackfish

Dallia pectoralis Bean, 1880

Alaska blackfish (Dallia pectoralis) is a small cold-tolerant fish that can brea…

Chain Pickerel
Animalia Esocidae

Chain Pickerel

Esox niger Lesueur, 1818

Esox niger, the chain pickerel, is a predatory freshwater North American fish wi…

Northern Pike
Animalia Esocidae

Northern Pike

Esox lucius Linnaeus, 1758

Esox lucius, the northern pike, is a widespread Northern Hemisphere predatory fr…